ElfMage83
ElfMage83 t1_ixltodu wrote
Reply to comment by bafta in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
Again: warm piss.
I don't drink Bud, and that's a German Belgian company regardless.
Please keep up.
ElfMage83 t1_ixlql4m wrote
Reply to comment by trashyratchet in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
Of course.
ElfMage83 t1_ixj469q wrote
Reply to comment by TacTurtle in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
>warm piss
ElfMage83 t1_ixie3sh wrote
Reply to comment by bafta in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
At least our beer doesn't taste like warm piss.
ElfMage83 t1_ixht4mu wrote
Reply to comment by bafta in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
And yet your former empire is a shadow of itself while we put boots on the moon. Catholic boots, even.
ElfMage83 t1_ixh7ol3 wrote
Reply to comment by Rootsboy79 in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
Why on Earth would you think anyone except the British would use British imperial units?
ElfMage83 t1_ixh6l38 wrote
Reply to comment by Tutorbin76 in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
We also don't use imperial units, since we're not British after that tiny revolution in 1776.
ElfMage83 t1_ixd3ys2 wrote
Reply to TIL The Red Power Ranger actor was charged in multimillion-dollar PPP Covid relief fraud scheme by stepneo1
You should specify that this is the original Red Ranger. There have been several (RIP JDF).
ElfMage83 t1_ix1oclq wrote
Reply to comment by speckadust in TIL The Glacier Express is the world’s slowest train, taking more than eight hours to travel between Zermatt and St. Moritz in Switzerland by Ok_Copy5217
>A little over 200 miles best guess.
Wikipedia says ~181 miles.
ElfMage83 t1_ix1n7xt wrote
Reply to TIL The Glacier Express is the world’s slowest train, taking more than eight hours to travel between Zermatt and St. Moritz in Switzerland by Ok_Copy5217
Why not add the distance in the title for the billions unfamiliar with Switzerland's towns?
ElfMage83 t1_iw6wi51 wrote
Reply to comment by Scrivener-of-Doom in TIL JP Morgan bailed out banks in 1907 but a severe recession occured anyway. Nelson Aldrich, a powerful senator with close ties to Morgan, led a mission to Europe in 1908 to study the workings of the central banks in England, France and Germany. The Federal Reserve was created a short time later by mankls3
Correct regardless.
ElfMage83 t1_ivjeo3r wrote
Reply to TIL that Scotland's favorite soft drink, Irn-Bru originated in New York, USA in 1889 as IRONBREW. by ManiacMango33
This explains why my Brummie friend pronounces the name that way.
ElfMage83 t1_ivjei7i wrote
Reply to comment by Ponceludonmalavoix in TIL that Scotland's favorite soft drink, Irn-Bru originated in New York, USA in 1889 as IRONBREW. by ManiacMango33
I've gotten it from Giant Foods.
ElfMage83 t1_iu8jpqk wrote
ElfMage83 t1_iu3vilm wrote
Reply to TIL Dry cleaning isn't dry at all and is only called dry because it uses chemical solvents instead of water by balaclavaloungeparty
Well, yes. Water makes things wet.
ElfMage83 t1_iu3v5ml wrote
Reply to TIL Chester Bennington, lead vocalist for Linkin Park and Stone Temple Pilots, hung himself in 2017 because of depression stemming from SA as a child 😔 by rpaul9578
Well, yes. This was reasonably big news at the time.
Did you miss this news then because Trump was still on Twitter clogging everybody's feed?
ElfMage83 t1_iu3uvc3 wrote
Reply to TIL that although lambskin condoms protect against pregnancy, they are not effective at preventing the transmission of STDs. by bigbbypddingsnatchr
Well, yes. This is on the box.
ElfMage83 t1_iu3uu4h wrote
UK contrarianism strikes again!
ElfMage83 t1_itmv2mc wrote
Reply to TIL Michael DeBakey, developed over many years the technique of replacing the damaged aorta with a tube made of polyethylene terephthalate. He himself suffered aortic dissection at the age of 97 and survived for two years thanks to the technique he developed himself. by Bobba_fat
This would possibly have saved John Ritter.
ElfMage83 t1_ixoh95x wrote
Reply to comment by bafta in TIL: The formal name for the Imperial system's measurements of weight (pounds/ounces) is the Avoirdupois system by NPC8705
Fixed above after further research.